01-23-2012
|
#31
|
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Just ask Sony !!
Posts: 3,556
Likes: 1,186
Liked 1,755 Times in 1,027 Posts
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Originally Posted by ElSalvatore
I know this won't change anything. xD
But just for educational purposes:
They talk German, French, Italian and something called "Switzer Dütch" (which actually sounds like a drunk german trying to get something out of his throat but doesn't manage to! xD)
But they don't mix 'em up! There are parts of the country where those languages are official!
Just like in Canada: French - English
|
Sorry, as I am Dutch (people from Holland speak Dutch) I have to correct this a little (I see the difference between Dütch and Dutch, but I don't want people to think he speaks my language):
Originally Posted by wikipedia
The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.[2] Only three of these languages, however, maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation: German, French, and Italian.[3]
Native speakers number about 64 percent (4.6 million) for German (mostly Swiss German dialects, though Swiss Standard German is used in writing and in a few official contexts in speaking), 20 percent (1.5 million) for French (mostly Swiss French, but including some Arpitan dialects), 6.5 percent (0.5 million) for Italian (mostly Swiss Italian, but including Lombard dialects), and less than 0.5 percent (35,000) for Romansh.[4]
The German region (Deutschschweiz) is in the north and center, the French part (Romandie) in the west and the Italian area (Svizzera italiana) in the south. There remains a small Romansh-speaking native population in Graubünden in the east. The cantons of Fribourg, Bern and Valais are officially bilingual; Graubünden is officially trilingual.
|
__________________
Sony just lost the PS3's chastity belt keys, secret fun spots are open to explore ...
|
|
|